“The drum parts are so iconic and… straight-faced. He was a stone-cold assassin!”: The first Neil Peart documentary trailer is out Chad Smith, Copeland, Danny Carey and more pay tribute in No One’s Disciple MusicRadar · Sep 3
“It’s a sick, twisted song. I thought it was a love song. Just like all those people that get married to it not realising it’s a dark, demented track”: Stewart Copeland on The Police’s double-edged classic Stewart Copeland spoke to MusicRadar back in 2019 and gave us his honest take on some of The Police’s most celebrated work MusicRadar · Aug 13
“It’s a piano chord, but I played it with my arse. I was singing and I just wanted a rest, and the piano lid was open. So I sat and I played that chord”: The Police’s classic breakthrough hit – with the ultimate bum note “I went to my room, picked up the guitar and imagined this woman into life” MusicRadar · Jul 14
"We get along great as long as we’re not trying to make music together”: Stewart Copeland says he and Sting are still talking, even though they’re fighting a high court battle over royalties Plus drummer has written a book about the “weirdness of rock n’ roll celebrity” MusicRadar · Jun 22
Drummer Stewart Copeland was ‘heartbroken’ after The Police induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Exclusive: Revered drummer and composer is the subject of a new documentary, in which he opens up about his time with the rock band as well as his early life and extensive solo career The Independent UK · Jun 15
"We'd blown all the momentum that we had and all the credibility." The Police's journey to superstardom wasn't the smooth ride you might imagine How The Police's debut album Outlandos d’Amour helped pushed 'new wave' into the mainstream Louder · May 25
Why Sting just paid $800,000 to his former Police bandmates, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland Summers and Copeland launched a legal case last year, claiming “historic underpayment” for their contributions to the Police's hits Guitar World · Jan 15
First Thing: Federal agent shoots man in Minneapolis as tensions in city run high Mayor urges calm as city continues to reel in aftermath of Renee Good’s killing. Plus, how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age The Guardian - UK · Jan 15
Sting ‘pays former Police bandmates £600,000 in royalties’ as lawsuit continues The Police frontman’s ex-bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland are arguing they are also owed a portion of his income from streaming and download sales of the band’s music The Independent UK · Jan 15
‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story The Guardian - UK · Jan 15
Sting pays Police bandmates nearly £650,000 as royalties row reaches High Court Guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland first took legal action against the musician last year Evening Standard · Jan 14
Can’t stand losing out: battle over the Police’s royalties reaches high court Dispute between Sting and former bandmates relates to whether streaming revenue, estimated at £1.5m, features in ‘arranger’s fees’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 14
Police royalties case reaches London’s High Court – Sting has now paid $800,000 to Summers and Copeland But that doesn’t include interest, according to drummer’s and guitarist’s lawyers MusicRadar · Jan 14
"I interrupted the passage of this chalice to the great one!" The night that The Police's Stewart Copeland "mortally embarrassed" himself in front of a Beatles legend The moral of the story is that you're never too cool to make a fool of yourself Louder · Dec 29, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Dec 27, 2025 ‘I once Bogarted a joint from a Beatle’: Stewart Copeland of the Police The drummer and composer on cringeworthy celebrity encounters, why David Bowie is overrated, and being screamed at by Sting in front of 80,000 Italians
MusicRadar · Dec 10, 2025 “It was all done on GarageBand – it’s live drums, but over this goofy funk drum loop I’d done on my laptop out on tour”: After working on one of the most expensively recorded albums of all time, drummer Josh Freese made his new solo record on the cheap “It’s in a bit of a DIY fashion"
Louder · Sep 10, 2025 "The three of us were put on this planet to make different kinds of music": Stewart Copeland on why it's unlikely The Police will ever reform Former Police man Stewart Copeland is about to embark on a trip around the UK telling stories about the band and more
Guitar World · Sep 9, 2025 Sting's legal representatives claim Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland may have been “substantially overpaid” following lost royalties lawsuit Summers and Copeland claim that Sting owes them “in excess of $2 million” for income made from the “digital exploitation” of the Police’s back catalog
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025 Sting’s High Court royalty dispute to return in January The former bassist of The Police is accused of withholding royalties from his bandmates.
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025 Sting faces lawsuit from Police members over claims of unpaid song royalties IN FULL
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025 Sting faces £1.5m lawsuit from former The Police bandmates over royalties Guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never got songwriting credit
Louder · Aug 28, 2025 Sting's former bandmates in The Police, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, are suing him claiming that they're owed unpaid royalties for the trio's 1983 mega-hit Every Breath You Take The Police are heading to court
The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2025 Sting sued by former Police bandmates over alleged lost royalties Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland claim they did not receive songwriting credits for hit Every Breath You Take
Guitar World · Aug 27, 2025 “They say they are owed millions in lost royalties”: Sting sued by Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland over lost royalties from Police mega-hit The Police bassist and frontman is listed as the sole composer and author of the 1983 career-defining single Every Breath You Take
MusicRadar · Aug 27, 2025 "Instead of just strumming some really stupid chords, I made something out of it": Sting sued by ex-Police colleagues for a share of Every Breath You Take royalties Summers and Copeland believe their contributions deserve co-credits